- đ€Â Google introduced two experimental upgrades to its Gemini AI suite: Gemini-Exp-1206 and Gemini 2.0 Flash.
- đ„ Google launched âVeo 2â AI-powered video generator with enhanced realism, fidelity, motion, and camera controls.
- đŸÂ Uttar Pradesh Government launched âUPONAâ (Uttar Pradesh Open Network for Agriculture) in collaboration with Google Cloud India.
- đźđłđ€Â IndiaAI signed an MoU with Microsoft to advance AI adoption and development in India.
- đ Apple retained its position as the worldâs most valuable brand in the 19th Global 500 2025 report by Brand Finance, with a brand value of $574.5 billion.
- đ§Ș DeepSeek launched âR1â AI model, excelling in chemistry, mathematics, and coding problem-solving.
- đ Microsoft partnered with upGrad in a three-year AI skilling & higher education initiative.
- đšÂ DeepSeek launched âJanus-Pro-7Bâ AI model, capable of generating detailed images from text input.
- đïžÂ Andhra Pradesh Government partnered with Infosys for pre-validating the ongoing skill census, a first-of-its-kind initiative in India for assessing 35 million working-age individuals.
- Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) collaborated with Landis+Gyr to offer innovative energy efficiency solutions for utilities.
- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) extended its contract for SPARSH, streamlining pension distribution for over 30 lakh defence pensioners in India.
- Nvidia unveiled its most affordable generative AI supercomputer, the Jetson Orin Nano.
- Google signed an MoU with Andhra Pradesh to accelerate AI adoption and innovation.
- Hyderabad has been chosen as the site for Indiaâs first Google Safety Engineering Centre (GSEC).
- Google introduced Air View+, providing hyperlocal air quality information in Google Maps across India.
- Scientists at Googleâs DeepMind unveiled GenCast, an advanced AI-powered weather forecasting model.
- Google partnered with NCERT to expand its educational initiatives in India.
- Google unveiled a quantum computer featuring the Willow chip, capable of calculations faster than the most advanced supercomputers by 10 septillion years.
- BharatPe launched Shield, a fraud protection plan to safeguard users from fraudulent UPI transactions.
- Google collaborated with Aurolab to support diabetic retinopathy screenings in resource-constrained communities.
- NASA and Microsoft partnered to create Earth Copilot, an AI-driven chatbot for democratizing access to Earth Science data.
- Gnani.ai partnered with Nvidia to launch a speech-to-speech large language model (LLM) capable of handling over 10 million voice interactions daily.
- Nvidia and SoftBank Corp piloted the worldâs first AI and 5G telecoms network (AI-RAN), capable of running AI and 5G workloads concurrently.
- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) won a 15-year contract from Irelandâs Department of Social Protection to implement the auto-enrolment retirement savings scheme âMy Future Fund.â
Technology and AI Innovations
- Meta announced its new free and open-source large language model (LLM), Llama 3.2, introducing visual processing capabilities.
- Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) partnered with Meta to launch an AI Assistant for the Skill India Mission and establish 5 Centers of Excellence in Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR) at National Skill Training Institutes in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Jodhpur, Chennai, and Kanpur.
- Government of India and Meta launched a âScam Se Bachoâ National User Awareness Campaign to combat scams and cyber frauds.
- Google partnered with Kairos Power to power its AI data centers with nuclear energy sourced from small modular reactors (SMRs).
- Google announced a major update to its AI model Gemini, incorporating the Imagen 3 image generation model to enhance the visual capabilities of the Gemini chatbot.
Clean Energy Initiatives
- Adani Group and Google partnered to enhance sustainability efforts and support clean energy growth in India.
AI Collaborations in India
- Nvidia Corp partnered with Reliance Industries to build an AI computing infrastructure and an innovation center in India.
- Nvidia and Tech Mahindra launched a Center of Excellence (CoE) to advance large language models (LLMs), agentic AI, and physical AI.
- Infosys launched its small language models, Infosys Topaz BankingSLM and Infosys Topaz ITOpsSLM, using the Nvidia AI Stack.
- Zoho Corp partnered with Nvidia to integrate LLMs into SaaS applications, benefiting over 7,00,000 global customers.
- E2E Networks partnered with Nvidia to introduce NVIDIA H200 Tensor Core GPUs to the Indian market.
- HCLTech, Noida has been named the No.1 India-headquartered company in TIME magazineâs Worldâs Best Companies 2024 list. Globally, the list is topped by Apple.
- ReNew Power Private Limited has signed a clean power sale agreement of 437.6 MW with Microsoft Corporation to produce over 1 million units of green electricity attributes annually.
- OpenAI has released a new Artificial Intelligence model called âo1â, a large language model trained with reinforcement learning for complex reasoning.
- Google has been announced as the title sponsor of the 2024 International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Chess Championship match between Ding Liren (China) and D. Gukesh (India).
- Google DeepMindâs India unit is leading a major AI project called Morni to create an open-source database of speech data from different Indian languages.
- Leaders from India or of Indian descent such as Sundar Pichai, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Anil Kapoor, and Nandan Nilekani were included in the TIME100 Most Influential People in AI 2024 List.
Open AI
- Open AI introduced GPT-4o Mini, a cost-efficient small AI model aimed at affordable and less energy-intensive technology.
- Open AI is working on a novel AI approach under the project code-named âStrawberryâ.
- Open AI developed a tool to detect whether its AI chatbot has been used for writing essays, research papers, or generating photos.
- Open AI announced the development of an AI-powered search engine called SearchGPT.
- CriticGPT, an AI tool based on GPT-4, was unveiled by OpenAI to help detect errors produced by ChatGPT.
- OpenAI is set to release a new AI model called âGPT-4oâ, capable of realistic voice conversation and interaction across text and images.
- OpenAI has launched the text-to-video AI model âSoraâ.
- OpenAI has unveiled its latest innovation known as Voice Engine.
- OpenAI has released a more advanced version of its AI-powered robot designed to work in school settings named ChatGPT Edu.
Anthropic
- Anthropic has launched the AI models âClaude 3 Haikuâ, âClaude 3 Sonnetâ, and âClaude 3 Opusâ.
- Anthropic has launched its latest Artificial Intelligence model called âClaude 3.5 Sonnetâ.
AMD
- Recently, AMD has partnered with the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), an incubator at IIT Bombay, to provide grants to IIT Bombay-incubated startups working on the development of energy-efficient Spiking Neural Network (SNN) chips.
Apple
- As per the recently released âBrandZ Most Valuable Global Brandsâ report, Apple is the worldâs most valuable brand for the third year.
Nvidia
- Nvidia Corp. has recently become the most valuable company in the world.
- Nvidia Corp. is making a new AI chip platform called Rubin.
- Nvidia Corp. has become the first computer chip company ever to hit $3 trillion in market capitalization.
IBM
- Recently, the Gujarat government has signed an MoU with IBM to establish and promote an AI Cluster at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
- Recently, the Kerala government, in partnership with IBM, hosted Indiaâs first International GenAI Conclave in Kochi. The event was also supported by the Departments of Industries & Commerce, Electronics & IT, Digital University, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), and Kerala Technological University.
Tech Mahindra
- Tech Mahindra has recently launched âProject Indusâ, an indigenous foundational model. This model is designed to converse in multiple Indic languages and dialects.
Microsoft
- PwC India partnered with Microsoft India to enhance cybersecurity through advanced incident response and recovery capabilities.
- GitHub, associated with Microsoft, announced GitHub Models, an interactive sandbox environment allowing developers and engineers to explore various AI models for free.
- Microsoft has launched the âAI Odysseyâ initiative, a program aiming to train 100,000 Indian developers in the latest AI technologies.
- Microsoft has introduced the âADVANTA(I)GE INDIAâ initiative to equip 2 million Indians with AI skills by 2025.
- Microsoft has detected covert, targeted malicious activity by the hacking group âVolt Typhoonâ, which is based in China, targeting US critical infrastructure.
- The International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate) has signed an MoU with Microsoft to launch the iMPEL-AI (iCreate-Microsoft Programme for Emerging Leaders in Artificial Intelligence) program in India.
- Microsoft and OpenAI are planning a data center project that could cost $100 billion.
- The online learning platform Shiksha Reform has been launched as a collaborative effort between Microsoft and Finlandâs Kajaani University of Applied Sciences.
- IBM Consulting and Microsoft have announced a collaboration to launch the IBM-Microsoft Experience Zone in Bengaluru.
- Tech Mahindra has collaborated with Microsoft to launch a unified workbench on Microsoft Fabric.
- Microsoft has introduced the VASA-1 AI model, which can produce hyper-realistic talking faces from just a single portrait photo.
- Microsoft has launched the lightweight artificial intelligence model called Phi-3-mini.
- The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), established under the Ministry of Home Affairs, has collaborated with Microsoft to block more than 1,000 Skype IDs involved in blackmail, extortion, and âdigital arrestsâ.
- Microsoft has unveiled the Artificial Intelligence-enhanced âCopilot+â Personal Computer.
đGoogle will soon launch the Agricultural Landscape Understanding (ALU) Research API, a tool designed to make agricultural practices more data-driven and efficient.
đGoogle Fi wireless introduced the âNumber Lockâ security feature, empowering users to prevent SIM swapping cybersecurity threats.
đA Google employee created the worldâs first AI dress known as Medusa dress.
đIn the âBrand Inclusion Index 2024â, Google ranked as one of the most inclusive brands in India, released by Kantar.
đGoogle introduced IndicGenBench, a benchmark to evaluate generation capabilities of Large Language Models on Indic languages.
đAndhra Pradesh announced a partnership with Google to implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications across various sectors.
đGoogle has announced the 2nd edition of its Google News Initiative (GNI) Indian Languages Programme (ILP) to provide next-generation tools for newsrooms working with Indic languages, partnering with Mediology for the initiative.
đGoogle DeepMind and Stanford University have recently unveiled a humanoid robot named Mobile ALOHA.
đGoogle has announced the launch of its AI video model âLumiereâ.
đGoogle is set to establish an AI Centre of Excellence at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Nagpur.
đGoogle DeepMind has launched a generative AI model called âGenieâ.
đGoogle has partnered with the âShakti â India Election Fact-Checking Collectiveâ project.
đGoogle is a mission partner for the âMethaneSATâ satellite, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket from California.
đGoogle DeepMind has unveiled an AI gaming agent called âSIMAâ (Scalable Instructable Multiworld Agent).
đHCL Tech has partnered with Google Cloud to create industry solutions and drive business value with Gemini.
đProject Nimbus, which was recently in the news, is associated with Google.
đGoogle has developed TacticAI, an AI system providing tactical insights, particularly on corner kicks in football.
đGoogle recently released a doodle on Hamida Banu, who was associated with wrestling.
đGoogle has unveiled a more powerful version of AlphaFold, an AI technology that helps scientists understand the behavior of microscopic mechanisms in human cells.
đGoogle has launched a secure and private digital purse called Google Wallet for Android users in India to store cards, passes, tickets, keys, or IDs.
đGoogle has partnered with Kochi Metro Rail Limited to enhance digital ticketing options for metro users.
đGoogle Arts & Culture, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, has organized a digital exhibition titled âMillets: Seeds of Changeâ in Delhi.
đGoogle has introduced a new multimodal AI agent called âProject Astraâ, capable of answering usersâ queries in real-time via text, audio, or video inputs.
đGoogle has unveiled a new product called âGemini Flash 1.5â, designed for chat and complex tasks requiring a fast response.
đSoket AI Labs, in collaboration with Google Cloud services, has announced the launch of an open-source multilingual foundation model, âPragna-1Bâ.
đGoogle has introduced PaliGemma, the companyâs first vision-language model in the Gemma family of open-source models.
đGoogle has launched Trillium, a 6th generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) that improves AI data center performance nearly five times faster.
đGoogle has expanded the accessibility-focused âProject Gamefaceâ on Android.
OTT Platform
- Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur recently launched the first season of âSwarajâ on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video.
META
đMeta collaborated with the Karnataka government to launch the âDigital Nagarik and Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality (AR-VR) Skillsâ Programme aimed at cybersecurity awareness.
đMeta launched a new AI text-to-3D generator, capable of creating 3D models for real-world application rendering.
đRecently, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, partnered with Meta to establish Frontier Technology Labs (FTLs) in schools across India.
đMeta has released its latest large language model, Llama 3.
đThe European Union has initiated a probe against Apple, Alphabet, and Meta under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
đMeta has collaborated with the Press Trust of India (PTI) under its third-party fact-checking program in India.
đMeta Platforms will set up its first data center in India in Chennai.
đMeta Platforms has announced the launch of its new artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Meta AI, which will be powered by Llama 3.
E-commerce
Amazon in News
đAmazon is developing a new AI model codenamed âOlympus.â
đAmazon Web Services (AWS) signed an MoU with ISRO and IN-SPACe to use cloud computing to support space-tech innovations.
đIndia Post has recently signed an MoU with Amazon to boost the digital economy and extend support to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
đAmazon India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) and the Cottage and Rural Industries Department, Gujarat, to support and promote e-commerce exports.
đAmazon India has launched its first-ever floating store on Dal Lake in Srinagar under its âI Have Spaceâ program.
đThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has signed an agreement with Amazon India to collaborate in the media and entertainment space.
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